Helligvær Church

Helligvær Church (Norwegian: Helligvær kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Store Sørøya in the Helligvær islands in the Vestfjorden west of the town of Bodø. It is an annex chapel for the Bodin parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The small, white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1899. The chapel seats about 100 people.[1] It was originally a small bedehus (meeting house), but in 1908 it was consecrated as an official chapel.[2]

Helligvær Church
Helligvær kirke
View of the church (from: Kirken.no)
Helligvær Church
Location of the church
Helligvær Church
Helligvær Church (Norway)
67.4230°N 13.9322°E / 67.4230; 13.9322
LocationBodø, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusChapel
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1899
Specifications
Capacity100
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishBodin
DeaneryBodø domprosti
DioceseSør-Hålogaland

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. "Helligvær kirke" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
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